Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
Prioritising diplomacy as an instrument of the United States’ foreign policy in the aftermath of the ‘war on terror’
Mini Dissertation (MDIPS)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Published: |
University of Pretoria
2013
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613719924572160 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author2 | Spies, Yolanda Kemp |
| author_browse | Spies, Yolanda Kemp |
| author_facet | Spies, Yolanda Kemp |
| collection | Thesis |
| dc_rights_str_mv | © 2012, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria |
| description | Mini Dissertation (MDIPS)--University of Pretoria, 2012. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/31406 |
| institution | University of Pretoria (South Africa) |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:40:37.576Z |
| license_str | Other — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| publishDate | 2013 |
| publishDateRange | 2013 |
| publishDateSort | 2013 |
| publisher | University of Pretoria |
| publisherStr | University of Pretoria |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/31406 Prioritising diplomacy as an instrument of the United States’ foreign policy in the aftermath of the ‘war on terror’ Spies, Yolanda Kemp khaya.sishuba@gmail.com Sishuba, Khaya Goldsworth United states foreign policy Diplomacy War on terror UCTD Mini Dissertation (MDIPS)--University of Pretoria, 2012. The Obama Administration in the United States has announced and started implementing foreign policy that is distinctly different from that of its predecessor, the Bush Administration. A new foreign policy doctrine, based on the concept of ‘smart power’, is now emerging and acknowledges that a combination of ‘hard power’ and ‘soft power’ is required for the US to build an appropriate framework within which to tackle unconventional threats such as terrorism. In essence, the prioritisation of soft power indicates a return to intangible power resources, such as culture, ideology and institutions, and most importantly, prioritises diplomacy as an instrument of foreign policy. This study will determine why this dramatic shift has occurred, and will investigate the diplomatic fallout of the Bush Administration’s ‘war on terror’ during which ‘hard power’ tools were favoured and diplomacy was marginalised or, at best, combined with unilateral and even coercive tools of foreign policy. The study will also interrogate the preliminary assumption that the foregoing has convinced policy-makers in the US that the country, despite its superpower status, will not be able to achieve its long-term goals on its own and, if it acts unilaterally, will undermine those political alliances and institutions that are vital to its foreign-policy goals. This has arguably prompted the Obama Administration’s recent embrace of global diplomatic norms, inter alia, transparency, inclusiveness, multilateralism, respect for international law, and basic civility in international relations. Political Sciences Unrestricted 2013-09-09T12:14:41Z 2012-11-12 2013-09-09T12:14:41Z 2012-04-23 2012-11-12 2012-11-06 Dissertation Sishuba, KG 2012, Prioritising diplomacy as an instrument of the United States’ foreign policy in the aftermath of the ‘war on terror’, MDIPS dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11062012-165437 / > F12/4/569/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31406 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11062012-165437/ © 2012, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | United states foreign policy Diplomacy War on terror UCTD Prioritising diplomacy as an instrument of the United States’ foreign policy in the aftermath of the ‘war on terror’ |
| title | Prioritising diplomacy as an instrument of the United States’ foreign policy in the aftermath of the ‘war on terror’ |
| title_full | Prioritising diplomacy as an instrument of the United States’ foreign policy in the aftermath of the ‘war on terror’ |
| title_fullStr | Prioritising diplomacy as an instrument of the United States’ foreign policy in the aftermath of the ‘war on terror’ |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prioritising diplomacy as an instrument of the United States’ foreign policy in the aftermath of the ‘war on terror’ |
| title_short | Prioritising diplomacy as an instrument of the United States’ foreign policy in the aftermath of the ‘war on terror’ |
| title_sort | prioritising diplomacy as an instrument of the united states foreign policy in the aftermath of the war on terror |
| topic | United states foreign policy Diplomacy War on terror UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31406 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11062012-165437/ |